Photo ID: 109141 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Looping through the curves east of Cedar, this loaded oil train descends the 1% grade from Cedar down on to the open plains of the desert toward Grassy and points east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109140 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG594 (West Cedar) Emery County, UT 210 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific As afternoon thunderstorms roll through the area, dumping some rain on the hills in the distance, an eastbound loaded oil train approaches a clear (green) signal at the west end of Cedar. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109139 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A UP crew works to get the head end power on this loaded oil train linked with the DPUs on the tail end. The crew brought the five units to Wash from Helper and put them together on the train. Once the link is complete and the air test is done, the train will depart east toward the Utah desert. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109138 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG604 (West Mounds) Emery County, UT 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific At the west switch of Mounds, three tracks converge. On the far left is the mainline. The center track is actually the siding. The far right track is the Sunnyside branch, running 17½ miles out to Sunnyside. UP has replaced the signals at the west end. This is one of the few places where a dwarf is still used (on the siding). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109137 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Emery County, UT 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific Near the west end of Mounds, we find a string of hoppers tied down and being stored in the siding at Mounds. Two empty yard tracks sit next to the hoppers. And, to the left of all of that, we see the Sunnyside branch line. UP's trash train periodically takes trash from the Salt Lake area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109136 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds to Wash Carbon County, UT 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific A single DPU brings up the tail end of a long, loaded ballast train. The train just received a fresh crew at Helper and is now making its way to Grand Junction, most likely to help shore up the line around Glenwood Canyon, which has been hit hard by rock and mud slides in the runoff this spring. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109134 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP RG626 (East Helper) Helper, UT 218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo rolls through the crossover at East Helper on Main 1. If you look along the string of covered helpers, you'll note a track that branches off. This track leads to the "upper yard" at Helper. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109129 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 389 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF Most of the oil trains that run on the Moffat these days are headed to (if empty) or coming from (if loaded) this transloading facility located off the siding at Wash on the eastern edge of the town of Wellington, UT. You can see there are multiple tracks for loading oil in to tank cars here. On the siding at Wash on the left side of the shot, a BNSF manifest sits with the head end power detached. The head end power is dropping off four tank cars here at the facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109128 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wellington, UT 208 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF In the siding of Wash, BNSF cuts the first four cars, all tank cars, away from the rest of the train. The tank cars will be spotted at the oil transload facility located here at Wash. After setting out the tank cars, the crew will put the train back together and continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109127 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A pair of DPUs bring up the tail end of BNSFs Denver-Provo manifest as it winds through the S-Curve east of Cedar. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109126 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest climbs west, away from the camera, toward the siding of Cedar. Although the tan colors of the desert dominate the scene, the blue mountains that represent the climb to Soldier Summit are visible in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109125 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF An SD70ACe and an ES44AC bring up the tail end of this Denver-Provo manifest. The head end, now out of view, is wrapping around toward the east end of the siding of Cedar. This portion of the desert has a roughly 1% climb up toward the start of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109124 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 313 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF One of my favorite shots of this particular trip to the Utah desert has BNSF's Denver-Provo manifest climbing through a long S-Curve between Grassy and Cedar, the Book Cliffs offering a beautiful and somewhat dramatic backdrop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109123 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A quartet of units leads BNSF's Denver to Provo manifest up the 1% grade between Grassy and Cedar. US-6, which has generally had the tracks in view since Whitehouse, will now lose site of the tracks until reaching the town of Wellington. You can see US-6 in the distance in this shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109122 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Grassy to Cedar Emery County, UT 206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) BNSF A BNSF manifest is slowing to around 35 MPH in preparation for the multiple curves it is approaching. The curves provide for a minimal grade...around 1%...for the climb from Grassy up to the siding of Cedar and points west as the train gets closer to the real start of Soldier Summit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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